, 1887-03-17

>" Sfrl...r. "l Reagan. have told You how
b" 3D.. .a.- si.a-gh 10y cutting paper into
l..-... ... .t..ia Eo = IN Lis seat, Il IS said
ttr,' ... .f.l...- 70 wonderfully clear statement
ia l.',...l- ...HtEr>aj!au. ii his auditors viii
a!i"" .s.s.i 'v ta- ~a engaged. 1t IS the same
wiz" b. j. upon ths floor, but here he
cHa1.5..~ Las paper for a string. winch he
t"Is'- ~.FIfni and round his fingers and then
un'UI.',.- '- again as le goes on. He talks in
q lu.l- cultural tone and makes You wish for
a -,n.G"h pump To- draw ont his speeches
IHo:e raili!y. IIe apparently speaks from
til ViJ or .ii- stomach. and the members have
to draw around his desk to hear him. Reagan
Is most at homie upon interstate commerce
and this has been in fact his hobby for Years.
The Congressional Record contains all tn
speeches that are delivered on the floor of the
house and senate, and it contains many
speeches which are never delivered in con
grczs. \ favoTite way Of some of the mem
heIs Is getting the speakers eye and asking
leave 10 print. The speech is then printed IN
The Record without being delivered. and
their constituents read it supposing that the
house has listened with open ears To such
wonderful ciuqUeHce 1t takes from six u
ten volumes rs big rs a good sized dictionary
10 contain the speeches of each congress, and
the printing OF a single session often costs
very nearly 100000.
Sometimes congressman do not write the
speeches which they deliver on the floor: and
| remember an Alabama congressman who,
being laughed at for p speech of his which
was printed in The Record, said that he was
surprised that it was not better, and that il
was written FOR him by woman in whom he
hGl entire confidence and who had received a
gooi price for it. Senator Vest referred
dur...., the last congress 10 al incident in
which two men delivered the same speech on
the floor OF the house, and it was found after
wards that a newspaper man had written the
speech, copied il and sold each of the copies
to two different congressman for $50 apiece.
The congressman did not discover the fraud
until the two speeches appeared i'll The Record
aud were found to he ident:calIy the same.
Many political tricks are played III speak
ing in congress, and both Democrats and Re
puhiiCauS do their best to get ahead of each
other by getting political capital into The
Congressional Record. Brewer, of New Jer-
scy. Just before the last presidential campaign,
IN this way had the whole OF Biaine's chapter
on the tariff put into The Record in his
mouth He said that this chapter expressed
his views on the tariff better than he could
himself express them. and he got the house TO
consent To the printing before it was aware
ingtons farewell address on the loor of the
hoa-. "a, q political move during Juhnson's
Impeachment trial and Ton Bentons efforts
i'll 1nis same regard are 4 matter of history.
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Sr.&kilg Of Folman's coming out of the
BARRIERS shop half dressed reminds me of the
story Of now Tom Ford OF Ohio, one of the
noted congressman OF the past, spoke for hours
in his stocking feet, standing thus on the ac-
count Of CONS. and it IS said thai Senator
Beck never makes a long speech during the
summer session that his perspiration does not
wilt ali OF the starch out Of his shirt collar
Beck, ley the way, Is one of the fastest
speakers of the senate He Is a Scotchman.
and he grows excited when lie appears upon
the floor He talks very fast, Speaking nearly
200 words per minute, should judge and he
ls~ With i 2II slight Scotch brogue. He
gestures rapidly. and though it is said that lie
is.-;> ul.3, be- il talking such rest would lie
very hard work 20 any other man. Beck is q
tail. lGaad shcu!Gacel. dark faced man with
very commonplace air about him. He is n
haGd student, aai Is one of the busiest plen i'll